The Line Drive 8/17/09
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- The Madden 10 Online Franchise app for the iPhone will not be out until sometime in September. Apparently delays have caused it to be pushed back from the intended release alongside the game.
- The Gamestop preorder incentive for NBA Live 10 is now known and thankfully it is not tied to a demo or any particular game feature. Instead it will be a copy of the soundtrack given away.
- ESPN takes an amusing look at the lowest rated players at each position or category to put together the worst possible team in Madden 10.
- Grand Slam Tennis for the 360/PS3 has been delayed indefinitely. The reason being provided is that the team is working on the expansion for EA Sports Active. It would not surprise me though if GST has been scraped outright however.
- FIFA 10 release date has shifted to 10/20 after initially being slated for the first week of October. No surprise there since EA was not going to release two games the same week (NBA Live 10).
- A big deal was made out of a press conference to announce the signing of a legend to EA Sports MMA this past weekend. That legend ended up being Randy Couture, who we not only have been aware was attached to the game for months now but was also known to be the cover representative.
August 17, 2009 at 2:48 pm
any word on the second ncaa patch?
August 17, 2009 at 3:38 pm
2nd
August 17, 2009 at 5:01 pm
^^^^^^^^^ no fucking way…does everyone see this?? ^^^^^^^^
ive been staring at my computer screen for the last 46 minutes in complete AWE.
completely 100% impressed…great job LEG…..wow!….
August 17, 2009 at 5:14 pm
Have no idea what you are referring to so I am not sure what it is I am supposed to see….
August 17, 2009 at 5:19 pm
he's making fun of him for bragging about being 2nd
August 17, 2009 at 5:24 pm
No im really not making fun of this guy! I completely envy this person. I can only dream of being 2nd on a blog site. Imagine if he was 1st….
i'm getting goose bumps.
August 17, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Nice, I can't wait for that app.
August 17, 2009 at 6:02 pm
A copy of the soundtrack… NOW these guys are thinking! That is something I'd be willing to pre-order.
Although, not for a basketball game 'cause I know it will be full of hip-hop noise (releasing the soundtrack list before hand would help), but I do think this is a great idea for game companies in general. I'm hoping this goes well enough that EA would consider something like this for games like Mass Effect (curse you EA for buying BioWare.. you better not screw them up!) I was really wanting a soundtrack album for NHL09, a lot of great stuff on that one.
Anyway, I think this is a great idea and hope they (and other companies… 2kBoston… BioShock2 please) follow suit. It could be good for sales.
August 17, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Well, for one, here – http://www.ea.com/music/the-official-nba-live-10-...
And for two, I'd prefer a demo similar to what EA did for Madden 10. If I want a song off a videogame soundtrack, I'll just find it on my own, plus a lot of the songs in sports games have been around for years, anyway. Easy finds, usually.
August 17, 2009 at 11:02 pm
the extended demo was dumb. that should have been for everybody, that's the point of a demo. I mean really… now that the game is out, what did I get for my pre-order? essentially nothing. If I had gotten the soundtrack, I'd still have that AND the game.
August 17, 2009 at 11:24 am
I can’t wait for fifa this year.
August 17, 2009 at 7:04 pm
espn just posted vicks madden 10 ratings:
http://sports.espn.go.com/videogames/news/story?i...
August 17, 2009 at 7:11 pm
pasta whats with ncaa football 10 and the draft class is there anyway you know of for getting it for free
August 17, 2009 at 9:08 pm
While I'm not surprised about Grand Slam Tennis being delayed indefinitely on 360/PS3, I'm disappointed because it's a great game on the Wii, and if it looked more sim-like and had various shot types mapped to either the right stick or face buttons, with the game physics aleady seen on the Wii, it could've been outstanding. It didn't sell well on the Wii, so that might have something to do with the infinite delay. I think they should've named it after a player. PGA Tour Golf 10 doesn't sound as popular as Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10. So maybe Andy Roddick ATP Tennis 10 as opposed to Grand Slam Tennis could've helped.
August 17, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Or Federer, because he is the greatest player in the history of tennis.
August 17, 2009 at 11:50 pm
yeah, that'd work too.
August 17, 2009 at 2:33 pm
Hey can someone post 5 years worth of ncaa draft class for madden 10 for me ? Fas carl ..help a brotha out
August 17, 2009 at 10:04 pm
^Don't use them unless u tweak them in NCAA with beast stats with 99 99 99 or u will get terrible ratings. QBS get f#$%ed up because of the Short PASS MEDIUM PASS DEEP PASS. RBS WRS AND CBS AS WELL WITH SPEED.
August 18, 2009 at 3:58 am
hunh??? english buddy.